Hint for Section 4.1 Question 1

1. To compute the first four terms of the sequence with the general formula:

ai

=

 (-1)i+1    n       for all integers i geq.jpg (602 bytes)0,
i + 3

you need to substitute the values i = 0, 1, 2 and 3 into the formula and simplify each result.

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